NSW Social Meeting

Welcome to the first ATASDA gathering at Epping since reopening of the centre. There are new regulations in place for safe social distancing, and limited numbers. 

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. Violetta Kurbanova will demonstrate Silk Painting.

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Numbers are limited, so please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

This event has been cancelled due to Covid-19. Watch the website for further events updates.

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day.

Bring Show and Tell, bring textile items to swap, sell or share. 

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Numbers are limited, so please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. Kathy Hawkins will demonstrate various techniques with leather for you to try.

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Numbers are limited, so please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Please register as there is limited capacity. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Come and see ATASDA in action on Saturday 10th October

Members meet to learn, share and challenge each other in their own textile arts practice.

See demonstrations, an exhibition of members' work, and take the opportunity to try new skills.

Book in to 1 or 2 day workshops to be held later this year and next year, or join up to start to further your creative textiles journey with ATASDA.

Please note the Covid Safe Health and Safety Plan Sutherland is in operation at this venue

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day:

"What's Knot to Like about Knots (and Loops and Twists)?"

Bring Show and Tell, bring textile items to swap, sell or share. You can even do some Christmas shopping! Stallholders from the Craft Week Makers Market will be selling beautiful handmade goods. Any member can set up a Trader's Table.

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Numbers are limited, so please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

The focus activity for November is Vintage linens.

Image - Kay Murray

Please register as there is limited capacity due to COVID-19. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Come along to the South Group Christmas lunch and Social Day. Registration requested for lunch numbers.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day.

Bring Show and Tell, bring textile items to swap, sell or share. 

Focus Activity - Make a Boro Book Cover! with Cathie Griffith. See details for what to bring.

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day.

Focus Activity - Block Printing for Picasso's Bedsit display at the Craft & Quilt Fair.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day.

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day.

Focus activity - Jen Corkish will teach how to make a book from a fabric collage, cleverly folded. Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Cancelled due to COVID lock down.

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day.

Christmas In July

Make this Japanese style hanging decoration. (Details next page)

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Cancelled Due to NSW Covid restrictions.

We hope to repeat this event soon. Keep and eye on the website.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Cancelled due to COVID lock down.

Christmas In July

Anne Schmitz will teach how to make this lovely Japanese style hanging Christmas decoration. You may like to bring your handmade Christmas decorations to share your techniques with others.

What are you working on? Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Cancelled due to Covid lock down.

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day.

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Join the Zoom Meeting and enjoy catching up and sharing in this online social hour. Have some creative works or your luminary ready to show. We'd love to see them!! 

Visitors are welcome. Members have been sent the zoom link in e-news on 12th September. If you would like the link, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Image: Jen Corkish

Join the Zoom Meeting and enjoy catching up and sharing in this online social hour. Have some of your creative works ready to show. We'd love to see them!! 

Visitors are welcome. Members will be sent the zoom link via e-news. If you would like the link, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Image: Jen Corkish

Please watch for Covid-19 Updates for this event.

Open day with Interactive Textile Arts & Surface Design. This talented group of ATASDA members will demonstrate techniques to create scarves using wool and Solvy; embellish felt with yarn, roving and fabric; make tassels using fabric, wire and beads for jewellery and decoration; and create free motion embroidery. 

Image - Beads handmade by South Group members

For a small fee visitors can try their hand at these skills and take their creative piece home. Meet members, book into a workshop, or join ATASDA. All levels of experience are welcome! 

Details: Saturday 9 October, 10am to 3pm

First time back after lockdown - This will be a quiet day for a small group to enjoy getting together over our love of textiles and surface design.

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. The portable printing press may be used at members request.

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Image - Jen Corkish folded collaged book detail

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

Join the Zoom Meeting and enjoy catching up and sharing in this monthly online social hour. Have some of your creative works ready to show. We'd love to see them!! 

Image - Anne Schmitz goldwork sample

Visitors are welcome. Members will be sent the zoom link via e-news. If you would like the link, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day.

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so that others can attend.

Please read and understand the COVID Safe Health and Safety Plan before attending.

 During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. You may send your proof of vaccination to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Image - Fabric Beads made by members, 2021

During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. 

Join the Zoom Meeting and enjoy catching up and sharing in this monthly online social hour. Have some of your creative works ready to show. We'd love to see them!! 

Image - Anne Schmitz goldwork sample

Visitors are welcome. Members will be sent the zoom link via e-news. If you would like the link, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Come to the quarterly meeting and Christmas Party and feed your textile enthusiasm. 

Guest speaker Kathleen Berney will talk about her journey with textiles... from when she was given a tjanting as a young teenager... to a phone call from Inga Hunter in her 20's which led to the formation of the Batik Association ( now ATASDA)... and all that has gone on with textiles and clothing and her fashion label through the years. She will bring samples of garments from different stages of her texile and clothing career.

There will be Christmas celebration, games, a new challenge to start on, plus show & tell, library, traders tables, morning tea and good cheer. We ask each person to bring their own lunch and a cup for drinks. Our room capacity is well over 50 now, so we are pleased to be able to hold this year's Christmas function.

Luminaries will be on display. Please bring your finished luminary!

Evidence of double vaccination is required. You may send your proof of vaccination to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or bring it to the meeting.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, on the south side of Sydney. Group members love sharing skills and welcoming new faces. Meetings are usually the second Saturday of the month.

Come along to the South Group Christmas lunch and Social Day. Registration requested for lunch numbers.

Image - Fabric Beads made by members, 2021

During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. 

Note Change of Date to MONDAY 24th JANUARY -

Due to Australia Day clashing with our usual 4th Wednesday.

Join the Zoom Meeting and enjoy catching up and sharing in this monthly online social hour. Have some of your creative works ready to show. We'd love to see them!! 

Image - Anne Schmitz goldwork sample

Visitors are welcome. Members will be sent the zoom link via e-news, and it is also published here in the "Details" , due to the short notice change of date. Click "Details"

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. 

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Image - Jen Corkish folded collaged book detail

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Visit the ATASDA South Group, at Sutherland, on the south side of Sydney.

Starting in February, participate in a 4 month Mini-workshop, learning from Robyn Eves to make beautiful fabric vessels of intriguing and organic shapes. 

Or just come along to South Group and enjoy a regular, inspirational social time. 

During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. 

Join the Zoom Meeting and enjoy catching up and sharing in this monthly online social hour. Have some of your creative works ready to show. We'd love to see them!! 

Image - Anne Schmitz goldwork sample

Visitors are welcome. Members will be sent the zoom link via e-news. If you would like the link, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Come to the quarterly meeting and feed your textile enthusiasm. Enjoy Show and Tell, be inspired by the speaker, hear the latest Branch news and connect with textile artists.

Registration is appreciated but not compulsory.

Details will be available soon!

Visit the ATASDA South Group, at Sutherland, on the south side of Sydney.

Starting in February, participate in a 4 month Mini-workshop, learning from Robyn Eves to make beautiful fabric vessels of intriguing and organic shapes. 

Or just come along to South Group and enjoy a regular, inspirational social time. 

During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. 

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. 

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Image - Jen Corkish folded collaged book detail

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Join the Zoom Meeting and enjoy catching up and sharing in this monthly online social hour. Have some of your creative works ready to show. We'd love to see them!! 

Image - Anne Schmitz goldwork sample

Visitors are welcome. Members will be sent the zoom link via e-news. If you would like the link, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

ATASDA Members sharing knowledge and ideas in a friendly, relaxed setting. 

Members and friends can try their hand with make and take, or just watch the demonstrations at the introductory sessions run by our lovely members.

Drop in or stay all day....

Visit the ATASDA South Group, at Sutherland, on the south side of Sydney.

Starting in February, participate in a 4 month Mini-workshop, learning from Robyn Eves to make beautiful fabric vessels of intriguing and organic shapes. 

Or just come along to South Group and enjoy a regular, inspirational social time. 

During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. 

Join the Zoom Meeting and enjoy catching up and sharing in this monthly online social hour. Have some of your creative works ready to show. We'd love to see them!! 

Visitors are welcome. Members will be sent the zoom link via e-news. If you would like the link, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. Special feature is a presentation from member Toni Ivering about her 40+ years creating textile art.

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Visit the ATASDA South Group, at Sutherland, on the south side of Sydney.

Starting in February, participate in a 4 month Mini-workshop, learning from Robyn Eves to make beautiful fabric vessels of intriguing and organic shapes. 

Or just come along to South Group and enjoy a regular, inspirational social time. 

During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. 

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. 

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Image - Jen Corkish folded collaged book detail

Participants are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Come to the quarterly meeting and feed your textile enthusiasm. Enjoy Show and Tell, be inspired by the speaker, hear the latest Branch news and connect with textile artists.

Our guest speaker will be Jo Simpson, an ATASDA grant recipient.  Hear Jo talk about her journey creating a felted, stitched light vessel for a contemporary stitch course.

Visit the ATASDA South Group, at Sutherland, on the south side of Sydney.

Come along to South Group and enjoy a regular, inspirational social time. 

During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. 

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. BarbSchey will teach 5 types of buttons! Click Details for more information.

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Image: Barbara Schey

Visitors are welcome. Participants are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

NEW VENUE - Cronulla

Come along to South Group and enjoy a regular, inspirational social time.

South Group is a place to learn, share and enjoy many textile techniques and practices. Members share their skills and knowledge. Mini workshops are conducted from time to time.

10am start, at Cronulla School Of Arts, 6 Surf Road, Cronulla.

For more information contact convenor Coral via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. 

An outing for ATASDA Members to visit UNSW galleries for guided curator-led tours of two exhibitions:

Pliable Planes: Expanded Textiles & Fibre Practices, with curator Catherine Woolley,

and Liz Williamson: Weaving Eucalypts Project, with  Liz Williamson

ATASDA is honoured to be offered this very special opportunity to learn, and experience these exhibitions, guided by experts in contemporary and traditional textile arts.

Further information in these links:

https://artdesign.unsw.edu.au/unsw-galleries/pliable-planes

https://artdesign.unsw.edu.au/unsw-galleries/liz-williamson-weaving-eucalypts

Image from UNSW website: Kate Scardifield, ‘Canis Major’ 2019. 34°53'29.4"S 150°29'60.0"E. Wind instruments and form tests. Studies in semaphore and signalling. Sailcloth, rip-stop nylon, repurposed parachute silk, thread. Image courtesy of the artist, Sydney. Photograph: Robin Hearfield

For Members:

Please use the Register Button. Note that the register button is only visible to logged in members. Registration is appreciated, for an indication of numbers, but is not required.

Meet at UNSW Galleries at 1.45pm for a 2pm start. Corner of Oxford St & Greens Rd, Paddington

A Special day with a focus on the NSW Exhibition in March 2023!

Image - Roberta Montorfano, Look Inside

At this social day, there will be educational sessions to assist members with:

• How to work to a theme,
• Finishing of and displaying artworks to their best advantage
• Writing an artist’s statement.
• Preparing techniques boards (and the importance of these)
• Making samples
• First time exhibiting – dealing with anxiety etc.

For the experienced, you might be able to assist others, mentoring and contributing to the discussion.

Visitors are welcome. Participants are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

NEW VENUE - Cronulla

Come along to South Group and enjoy a regular, inspirational social time.

South Group is a place to learn, share and enjoy many textile techniques and practices. Members share their skills and knowledge. Mini workshops are conducted from time to time.

10am start, at Cronulla School Of Arts, 6 Surf Road, Cronulla.

For more information contact convenor Coral via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. 

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. 

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Image - Jen Corkish folded collaged book detail

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Come to the quarterly meeting and feed your textile enthusiasm. Enjoy Show and Tell, be inspired by the speaker, hear the latest Branch news and connect with textile artists.

Registration is appreciated but not compulsory.

Rhonda Stien, grant recipient, will speak on "From Grief to Belief".

Image: Dance Like You Can Fly - Rhonda Stien 

Join us to visit Helen MacRitchie's solo exhibition "Topophilia" at Gallery76,

Embroiderers' Guild NSW, 76 Queen Street, Concord West, NSW 2138

Meet outside Gallery 76 to have a look at this fabulous exhibition.

Please register so we know how many to expect on the day

NEW VENUE - Cronulla

Come along to South Group and enjoy a regular, inspirational social time.

South Group is a place to learn, share and enjoy many textile techniques and practices. Members share their skills and knowledge. Mini workshops are conducted from time to time.

10am start, at Cronulla School Of Arts, 6 Surf Road, Cronulla.

For more information contact convenor Coral via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

During this time of COVID 19 ATASDA seeks to protect all those who attend its activities face-to-face by requesting evidence of full vaccination. 

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. 

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Image - Jen Corkish folded collaged book detail

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Come along and meet members, book into a workshop, or join ATASDA. All levels of experience are welcome!

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. 

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Image - Jen Corkish folded collaged book detail

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Come and enjoy meeting, creating and sharing at this social day. 

Bring Show and Tell. Textile items to swap, sell or share are always welcome. 

Image - Jen Corkish folded collaged book detail

Members are asked to contribute a voluntary $5 payment for the day.

Please register to attend. To cancel your registration, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Come to the quarterly meeting and Christmas Party and feed your textile enthusiasm. 

Details to come..........

Image credit Jen Foreman